UKSL Sanctions designation

Rafael Ramon Blanco Marrero

Individual · designated 31 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
VEN0020
OFSI group ID
13792
Designation type
Individual
Date designated
31 December 2020
Last updated
9 April 2025

Regimes

  • The Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Designation sources

  • UK

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Travel Ban
  • Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

  • Deputy Director of the Directorate-General of Military Counter-Intelligence (Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar (DGCIM)) since at least December 2018 and Division General of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army since 5 July 2019. Responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture, the use of excessive force and the mistreatment of detainees in DGCIM facilities that were committed by DGCIM officials under his command. Linked to the death of Captain Acosta.

Other information

  • The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
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